'Scientology want to discredit Katie Holmes': Ex-Church member claims to have 'seen internal memos' on actress

She infamously 'blindsided' Tom Cruise by filing for divorce last month, leaving the Church of Scientology in a public relations nightmare.

And now the church is seeking to 'discredit' Katie Holmes, according to a former member, who claims to have 'seen internal memos' on the subject.

'Katie would have been excommunicated
normally, and behind the scenes she probably already is,' Scientology defector Samantha Domingo told The Hollywood Reporter.

Excommunicated: Katie Holmes, pictured in New York recently, is alleged to be being 'discredited' from the Church of Scientology

Outspoken: Samantha Domingo says she has seen 'internal memos' about Holmes

'Internally, the
wheels are in motion to discredit Katie. We have moles that are
pretending to be good Scientologists who report back to us on the
outside. I’ve seen internal memos about Katie.'

Samantha, former daughter-in-law of opera singer Placido Domingo and ex wife of his son Placido Jr, told the publication that 'disconnection is the main weapon of Scientology.'

Samantha left Scientology back in 2009 after 24 years and claims she was immediately declared a 'suppressive person' by the Church.

Former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder agreed with Samantha, saying: 'Katie Holmes is probably the biggest suppressive person out there right now.

'Tom, if he were an ordinary
Scientologist, would be ordered to disconnect from Katie and because
Suri will be living with Katie, he couldn’t see her either.

'But because Tom is so high-profile, it would create a total
furore if the public knew he was cutting Suri off. This is an example of
the church at its most hypocritical.'

Marc Headley, who was in charge of
film and video production in Scientology and was in the controversial
religious order The Sea Org for 15 years before leaving in 2005 said: 'Katie flew the biggest middle finger Scientology has ever seen,

Controversy: The Church of Scientology made the headlines after Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, its most prominent member

He added: 'If she and Tom were regular Scientologists, Katie would have been
declared a suppressive person in one second and Tom would never have
been allowed to see her again.'

Holmes, 33, is said to have recently
returned to the Catholic Church, registering as a parishioner at the
Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York City and signing Suri up to a
private Catholic school in Manhattan.

Holmes and Cruise came to a swift
divorce settlement, with Holmes said to have received 'primary legal
custody' of their six-year-old daughter Suri.

Cruise, 50, was spotted taking Suri to
the Hamptons for a mini vacation a few weeks back and is said to have
'generous visitation rights' with Suri as part of the
settlement.

Daddy time: Tom Cruise pictured carrying six-year-old Suri as he took her on a mini-vacation to The Hamptons